Disclaimer: I do not own anything that you might recognize from Eoin Colfer's book Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident. I do own Ivy as she is my very own creation.

Ivy Short was not the typical warlock. When most people thought of warlocks the thought of wimps with an extra shot of magic in them. 'Wimp' was not a word one used for Ivy. Not only had she been through LEP Recon training, she could pin a bulked-up gnome to the ground before he could say, "D'Arvit."

However, tough as she was, she decided that LEP just wasn't for her. Especially after what happened to her cousin last year.

Ivy's cousin, Holly Short, had gotten kidnapped by a human last year. But not any human, a mere boy! And that boy, Artemis Fowl, not only discovered all of the People's secrets but he also evaded the mind wipe.

Luckily everything turned out ok and nobody died. But the whole affair cost the council a half ton of their precious gold and they were taking out their anger on Holly. Now Holly was stuck doing some boring stake out job at some disserted shute every day.

Ivy knew her cousin was miserable but when Holly was on stake out duty she had more time to come visit her, and Ivy enjoyed her cousin's company.

Holly came into Ivy's apartment, looking irritable.

"Tough shift?" asked Ivy.

"No. It hasn't started yet," moaned Holly. "I just checked who was going to be my pod-mate for the shift."

"Who is it?" Ivy inquired.

"Chix Virbil."

"Ah. It's ol' Virbil is it?"

"Yes. He'll be flirting with me the whole time! How will I be able to do my job and baby-sit him at the same time?" whined Holly.

Inwardly Ivy was laughing at her cousin's unfortunate circumstance but the look on Holly's face kept her from laughing out loud.

"Hey, you're a Short! You'll find a way." She said instead. Then she giggled, "I'll probably be seeing you before your shift is over, if it's Chix." Ivy held up a finger and let it glow blue for a second to make her point. Virbil always found a way to get himself hurt.

"Ha. Ha. I don't find it as funny as you do, Ivy." Holly said, annoyed. "Maybe that's because you're not the one who has to watch him all night."

Ivy chuckled. "I'll be seeing you latter, cuz," she said. "Right after I heal the hole he'll get in his wing."

"Don't even joke," moaned Holly.

"Your right," considered Ivy. "It's not funny."

And it wasn't.

More to follow.